Your own personal brand is just as important as your business, especially today when consumers are responsive to it. In an article by business writer Haley Hoffman Smith, it’s revealed that consumers are 82% more likely to trust a company whose CEO is active on social media. Building a proper online presence as an entrepreneur builds your relationship with your followers, which could only bode well for your business.
How to create your Personal Brand
If you run a business, you have a personal brand. More than ever people want to know the face behind the brand. We want to know what what they stand for and the kind of person they are.
And where branding (in the simplest form a hot iron on a sheep backside) has been around for centuries, the rise of the personal brand has exploded due to social media and the rising numbers of solo entrepreneurs.